Chapter 579 Arrangement
When entering Huaiyin City, the Jiangdong Army, including Wu Jing, had an unpredictable excitement on their faces. No one could have expected that Sun Quan had taken down Huaiyin so simply with a few words. The key was that Sun Quan did not reveal any news in advance, which made everyone not have any mental preparation. Everyone was walking in this Huaiyin City, feeling as if they were stepping on the clouds, as if they were dreaming.
Fortunately, Wu Jing is an experienced veteran. He knew that there would be no trouble at this time. He commanded the whole way, and the army was in order. Those who didn't know thought that Wu Jing had expected this moment. Until Sun Quan and his group entered the city lord's mansion, which had escaped from the empty hall, there were no outsiders around him, Wu Jing finally asked. Looking at the urgent appearance, he didn't know how uncomfortable Wu Jing was just holding it in.
"Zhongmou, Lu Bu shouldn't be dead, right?"
Nonsense, Wu Jing knew very well that the three-pointed purple gold crown and the Fangtian painting halberd were all imitated by Sun Quan. However, after taking Huaiyin incredible, Wu Jing couldn't help but feel a little shaken. Could it be that Lu Bu is really dead? Wu Jing has been holding this question in his heart until now.
Sun Quan smiled, but he didn't expect that his lies not only scared the enemy, but also his own people.
"Lu Bu is not that easy to die." Without outsiders, Sun Quan would naturally not lie again.
Hearing this, Wu Jing had to smile bitterly. Although he had long thought so, even those who had been by Sun Quan who had been by his side would be shaken and admire Sun Quan's scam. In the past, Wu Jing always felt that Sun Quan was indeed stronger than internal affairs, but in terms of war, he was not as good as his elder brother Sun Ce. But now, Wu Jing gradually came up with another view: Sun Quan was just a different style from Sun Ce, and his understanding of "The Art of War" was probably no worse than Sun Ce!
"So, Lu Bu just wasn't in Huaiyin?" Wu Jing asked.
Sun Quan nodded,
"That's right."
"Then how did you know that Lu Bu is not in Huaiyin?" Wu Jing couldn't help asking.
"Well..." Sun Quan curled his lips, "I have my own channels."
However, although he was so concealed, Sun Quan deliberately moved his eyes to Diao Chan in front of Wu Jing, and the suggestion was extremely obvious.
Wu Jing is a smart person. Of course, the more smart he is, the easier it is to be fooled by Sun Quan. Therefore, Wu Jing was naturally misled by Sun Quan and believed that Sun Quan's information came from Diao Chan and Cihang Jingzhai behind Diao Chan.
Thinking of this, Wu Jing showed a rare smile to Diao Chan. To be honest, although Wu Jing had agreed to Diao Chan's existence before, Wu Jing still had a lot of complaints about Sun Quan's keeping Diao Chan. Until now, seeing the information brought by Diao Chan, they helped them obtain Huaiyin without any damage. Such huge benefits naturally made Wu Jing completely forget his dissatisfaction with Diao Chan. Wu Jing even had the idea of further getting Sun Quan and Diao Chan to continue to borrow Cihang Jingzhai's secret strength.
"Cihang Jingzhai, famous."
Wu Jing bowed to Diao Chan.
Yes, with their Sun family's intelligence network, they always firmly believe that Lu Bu is staying in Huaiyin, but Cihang Jingzhai can find out that Lu Bu has secretly left Huaiyin, which only shows that Cihang Jingzhai's intelligence capabilities are higher than that of the Sun family!
Diao Chan just smiled indifferently in response to Wu Jing's compliment. There was no denial or affirmation. In Wu Jing's eyes, she just agreed. However, only Diao Chan himself knew that she once again helped Sun Quan block the move.
After Wu Jing turned her eyes away, Diao Chan also put her eyes on Sun Quan, opened her mouth, but stopped talking, but in the end she didn't say anything. Just like Wu Jing kept holding it here, she could ask her doubts in her heart. For Diao Chan, Wu Jing was also an outsider, so there were some questions. She could only ask Sun Quan privately after Wu Jing left.
Unlike Wu Jing, Diao Chan was more careful about the issues. Diao Chan saw it very clearly. The reason why Sun Quan could occupy Huaiyin so easily this time was on the surface because he knew that Lu Bu was not in Huaiyin, but the most core factor was actually that most of the soldiers in Huaiyin were firmly convinced that Lu Bu always stayed in Huaiyin!
Therefore, intelligence is not the point, the focus is that the information is very confidential, which is far beyond Wu Jing's imagination. In Huaiyin City, people who know this matter may not be as many as a palm, and these people must be the confidants whom Lu Bu absolutely trusted. So, where did Sun Quan learn about this secret?
Who did Sun Quan secretly meet that night?
At this time, Diao Chan felt a very strange feeling. Rather than saying that Diao Chan cares about who Sun Quan met, Diao Chan cares more about why Sun Quan even concealed her. Even though this informant is very important and has a very sensitive identity, Diao Chan is firm and Sun Quan trusts her completely. Normally, Sun Quan will never hide it from her!
Well, Diao Chan may not have noticed it himself. This feeling is like a private room, secretly suspecting that her husband has found a mistress.
Not to mention Diao Chan's completely different concerns, Wu Jing mentioned some things he cared about very much.
"Zhongmou, you just said that the tax is halved. Would this be too much?" Wu Jing said, "Xuzhou is the world's granary. In the future, we will definitely use the grain from Xuzhou to subsidize other regions. If we occupy Xuzhou, we can't collect the grain..."
"Uncle, Xuzhou is the granary of the world, and Huaiyin is just a small part of Xuzhou. If I don't mention my tax cuts by half, it only applies to a certain part of the people. Even if it applies to the entire Huaiyin, it will not have much impact on the overall situation. Of course, this is not the point. The point is that we will send troops to Xia Pi soon. There is no time for Huaiyin to hand over it all. More depends on these original Huaiyin gentry autonomy. If we don't give them more benefits, how can they be honest?" Sun Quan explained.
"I'm afraid there will be any objections in Jiangdong." Wu Jing suddenly whispered, "There are many old heroes in Jiangdong, but those families have never had such high tax exemptions."
Sun Quan frowned. Wu Jing reminded him in place. Sun Quan really ignored this issue in advance. People in the world are not worried about the lack of worries but the unevenness. Simply put, there are many old employees in Jiangdong. Old employees have not raised their wages for so many years, but the new employees you recruit are treated better. How can old employees not complain?
This is a bit difficult. It is obviously impossible to make Sun Quan go back on his word. All Jiangdong has been able to implement the merits in this way, but it cannot support it.
"In this way, I will say that Huaiyin was captured by me. I decided to establish a special zone here. The policy of halving the tax is limited to Huaiyin. If those people are willing to move their families to Huaiyin, or establish a branch base here, I will also halve their taxes!" Sun Quan decided on the spot.
"this......"
Wu Jing couldn't keep up with Sun Quan's wild idea. Although he didn't know what the effect could be, he could at least temporarily block some people's mouths. Wu Jing nodded,
"OK."
I wondered if I would secretly give the Wu family a chance to seize the opportunity and compete for a piece of territory when I came to Huaiyin.
"By the way, what does those who believe in Buddhism mean? I'm afraid that as soon as you say this, there will be a lot of fake monks coming to Huaiyin recently." Wu Jing suddenly remembered and asked.
Chapter completed!